Death of Mrs Josephine Mc Gaughey in San Marcos
Mrs Josephine Mc Gaughey died at her San Marcos home at age 94. A music teacher in Whitewright for many years she will be remembered by older residents. She lived in San Marcos over 30 years and is survived by son Dr S D McGaughey a granddaughter and a great grandson, all of San Marcos. She was the wife of the late S D McGaughey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine McGaughey
San Marcos
Whitewright
S. D. McGaughey
Funeral Services for Buck Pierce in Trenton
Funeral services were held at Trenton Cemetery Saturday for Buck Pierce 92 a North Texas resident since age two and a grand nephew of Franklin Pierce who died Friday at his Sherman area home after three days illness. A retired farmer, he was born December 3 1853 in Summer County Tennessee to Benjamin Pierce and his wife. His father served as a special courier for General Stonewall Jackson in the War of 1812. Pierce and his parents came to Texas in 1853 in an oxen wagon with slaves and household animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton Cemetery
Buck Pierce
North Texas
Franklin Pierce
United States
Sherman
E. M. Dickson
Dallas
Mr. Pierce
Summer County
Tenn
Benjamin Pierce
Stonewall Jackson
Texas
Life-long Methodism of a local settler noted
The subject stopped at what is now Honey Grove and later resided at Kentuckytown and Weston before settling in the Can non community. He was a life-long member of the Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honey Grove
Kentuckytown
Weston
Cannon
The
Methodist Church
Waldrop Funeral Services Held in Whitewright
Cecil C Wal drop died at Sherman hospital after a two week illness. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church with Rev E P Wootten officiating. Interment at Pilot Grove Cemetery. Survivors include wife May Smith Waldrop mother Mrs Joseph Waldrop three sisters and two brothers. He was born March 17 1905 in Grayson County and formerly lived in Pilot Grove and Whitewright. He worked as a bus driver for Whitewright schools and was a member of Pilot Grove Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil C. Waldrop
Sherman
First Baptist Church
E. P. Wootten
Pilot Grove Cemetery
Glen Earnheart
B. R. Caraway
Ned Ayres
W. T. Kelley
Chas Kaiser
Charles Burchfield
Henry A. Bow
Waldrop
Whitewright
Pilot Grove
Mr. Waldrop
Grayson County
Joseph C. Waldrop
May Smith
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
R. S. Adams
Dallas
Joe Miller
W. O. Young
Jarvis Waldrop
Noel Waldrop
Lubbock
E A Miller Sherman longtime Grayson educator dies
E A Miller aged 67 retired Grayson County school superintendent died Tuesday in a local hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m Thursday at the First Baptist Church with burial in West Hill Cemetery. Born March 5 1878 in Denison he served as County School Superintendent from 1931 to 1939. A graduate of Austin College he moved to Sherman from Whitesboro in 1929 and was active in Masonic Eastern Star Modern Woodmen Odd Fellows and Woodmen of the World lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
E. A. Miller
Grayson County
First Baptist Church
West Hill Cemetery
Miller
Denison
Austin College
Whitesboro
Masonic
Eastern Star, Modern Woodmen
Odd Fellows and
Woodmen of the World
Lem Yates Funeral in Whitewright
Funeral services for Lem Yates of Ladonia were held at First Methodist Church in Whitewright on Friday December 21 at 1 p m Pastor Rev Duke R Barron officiated Yates born in Nashville Tenn 1865 married Lula White in 1889 He is survived by four children Virgil Yates Wichita Falls Jim Yates Electra Mrs J H Riggs Dallas and Mrs Norene Mullins Chicago He lived in Whitewright about thirty five years ago Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lem Yates
Ladonia
First Methodist Church
Whitewright
Duke R. Barron
Mr. Yates
Nashville
Tenn
Lula White
Virgil Yates
Wichita Falls
Jim Yates
Electra
J. H. Riggs
Dallas
Norene Mullins
Chicago
Yates
Blanton's Chapel Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
William Hollingsworth Savoy city marshal dies at 59
William Hollingsworth 59 longtime Savoy city marshal and Whitewright native died suddenly of a heart attack at 4 30 a m Wednesday at his home Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at the local Baptist Church with Rev Evert Springfield officiating Burial in Sunnyside Cemetery under Strickland and Earnheart Funeral Home directions Pallbearers named K
Obituary for J L Hollingsworth and family ties
Mr Hollingsworth born Whitewright February 2, 1886 married to Miss Ivy Johnson at Savoy. Church member 41 years. Survived by wife a son Leon Hollingsworth of Savoy a sister Mrs J W Smith of Denison a stepmother Mrs A J Hollingsworth of Denison and four stepbrothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bibby
W. C. Beckham
M. C. Brooks
Earl Blakey
Duke Durrett
A. C. Lyles
Mr. Hollingsworth
Whitewright
Ivy Johnson
Savoy
The
Baptist Church
Leon Hollingsworth
J. W. Smith
Denison
A. J. Hollingsworth
Leonard Funeral for Joyce Elaine Ross in Leonard
Miss Joyce Elaine Ross, 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ross, died after a heart attack in a Dallas hospital. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist Church in Leonard with burial in Leonard Cemetery. Surviving are her parents a brother and grandparents. She was a Leonard High School graduate and a senior at East Texas State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ross
Dallas
Leonard
Baptist Church
Leonard High School
East Texas State Teachers College
Jack Donald Ross
John Ross
Whitewright
Nathan Young
Randolph
The Kingfisher Urges Finnies in a School
In a whimsical verse, the kingfisher declares a need for a school of finnies while noting that stress hardens rough thorns. A puzzled plea asks if bitters are bottled and muses on reason as a support for sentimental drift. Against sparrows, opposition is framed as spiritual inspiration.
PHILCO RADIOS Now on display at Johnson Jewelry
PHILCO radios are shown on display at Johnson Jewelry and invite customers to view. Also advertised is a sale of assorted flyers with a contact phone number for George Hansard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philco
Johnson Jewelry
George Hansard
Maytag
Ted Spinks
R. E. Simpson
Taxes due on Whitewright land prompt court action
Legal notices in Grayson County Texas announce tax suit on Lots 8 and 9, Block 34, O T P, Whitewright. State seeks foreclosure for delinquent taxes of 23.63 state and 26.59 county. Citations summon Ellen LaRoe and others to appear January 28, 1946, in Sherman. Also notices of final reports for estates of Mattie Rawlins and Leo Rawlins, guardianships, and a civil suit by Mattie McKinney Cochran against Rosie May Cochran and heirs seeking title and possession of Lots 1 and 2 in Hefner division, with court dates in January and February 1946.
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State of
Texas
Grayson
Ellen LaRoe
John Haden
Commissioners Court
District Court
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Mattie Rawlins
FE. G. Morton
Plen Rawlins
City of
J. C. Buchanan
Ira Medlin
Leo Rawlins
Guardian
Claude Wiley
Ruth Wiley Patton
Ruth Wiley
Iva Medlin
Rosie May Cochran
Edna Simon Cochran
Mary Jones
Jones
District Court of
Mattie McKinney Cochran
Mary
J. S. Hefner
C. L. Stowe
C. E. Craycroft
S. W. Earnest
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Mrs
Sherwin-Williams
Whitewright, Texas
Rexall
R. P. Childress
William Hollingsworth
T. W. Ayres & Son
Carter
Miss Joyce Ross
By Margie B. Boswell
Clyde Sadler
Raymond England
Johnson
Groves Farm
Dorsey Brooks
Ford
Tom Head
Allen T. Short
Phone 100
Hannah’s
Flowers of
Carl May
Tom Barbee
Jack Mustien
Bells
Tex
John Deere
R. I. Scott
Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
W. M. Rowell
Magnolia
S. Roy
U. Goodrich
Gosnell
Real Estate
Fred Loughmiller D.C
N. D
Texas Power & Light Company
Bonham, Texas
Home Bank Credit
Washington
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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